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The Parish of Hackney.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORTS
FOR THE YEAR 1899.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
TOWN HALL, HACKNEY, N.E.
To the Members of the Hackney Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Report upon the Health of the Hackney
District for the year 1899. On the whole, the District has
maintained its reputation of being one of the healthiest districts in
London. The death-rate was only slightly higher than that of 1898,
in spite of an excess of summer diarrhoea, and towards the end of
the year an outbreak of influenza of a very fatal type. The birth-rate
was satisfactory, being 29 0 per 1,000 living.
Notifiable infectious disease was less prevalent than during 1898 ;
but on the other hand there was an excess of measles, whooping
cough, and influenza.
Although each year brings increasing demands upon the energies
of the Public Health Department, I am pleased to record the work
executed maintains the high standard of former years.
The various officers of the Department, both inspectors and
indoor officers, have carried out their different duties with zeal and
ability and to my entire satisfaction.